Respect agenda

The Respect agenda was launched in September 2005 by Tony Blair, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

In late December 2007, shortly after Gordon Brown succeeded Blair as prime minister, it was reported that the government had effectively ended the Respect programme by closing down the Respect Task Force and moving its head to another job inside the Cabinet Office.

[3] However, much of the Respect Agenda was incorporated into a Youth Taskforce Action Plan in the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

[2] The agenda was co-ordinated by the Respect Task Force, a cross-governmental unit based at the Home Office.

The Task Force claimed use of a combination of the available tools can be effective when tackling the problem, although ASBOs have encountered some controversy.